9 women who have spoken out against Hollywood casting couch sexism

Kazan, who earned rave reviews for her performance in The Big Sick, spoke out in July 2017 about how herself and her friends in the industry feel pressured into acting a certain way.

“I have a lot of girlfriends who are amazing actors, and many times we’ve talked about having to go into a room and give ‘blowjob eyes.’ You know, be flirty with a director or a producer…Or there’ll be auditions where they’ll say, ‘Wear something body-conscious’ and then you’re aware that they’re checking out your body. You leave the situation feeling not good about what just happened, but you don’t really have the language for why.”